On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Giles wrote:
|So here is my hypothetical scenario - not worth the paper it isn't
|printed on of course.
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|Nasa gets the 180/2.8 in '84 or early '85, tests it and says it is the
|sharpest 35mm lens they have tested to date and this gets reported in a
|photo magazine. Oly America are delighted but also slightly embarrased
|because of he slight chromatic aberation. Shortly after that, the 180/2
|arrives hot from the skilled hands of the one guy who assembles them in
|Japan and Oly America says to NASA - 'Psssst - have we got a lens for you
|- try this one' NASA does, likes it and it gets included in their lens
|inventory which is later reported on by Modern Photography.
By George! I think he's got it! ;-)
|Paul D. Farrar wrote:
|
|> >> I am wrong, it is not the 180/2, must be the f2.8.
|> >> Giles
|
|> The story I heard is that it was the 180/2
|> Paul
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